Study selection criteria and the choices we make

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Impact of responder definition on the enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal trial design for establishing proof of concept in neuropathic pain.
Hewitt DJ, Ho TW, Galer B, Backonja M, Markovitz P, Gammaitoni A, Michelson D, Bolognese J, Alon A, Rosenberg E, Herman G, Wang H. Hewitt DJ, et al. Pain. 2011 Mar;152(3):514-521. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.10.050. Epub 2010 Dec 23. Pain. 2011. PMID: 21185118 Clinical Trial.

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